[dms-discuss] Laser Cutter Fundraiser Meeting Update

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One of the schools I work for has a Glowforge, which range between $2.5-6k,
and it seems to be pretty user-friendly. They say they can cut most
materials, but all the CO2 lasers I've looked at in this power range only
promise the ability to engrave but not cut metals, and a specific few at
that.

That sounds like a reasonable set of characteristics. Not sure I'm up to
learning to read Chinese, though.

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 3:27 PM Robert Nickerson <rob at omsoft.com> wrote:

> hi
>
> perhaps ryan mckay can offer up what they were looking at.
>
> a 60W or better laser perhaps that we know can cut at least .5 in wood
> plastic, tile etc, and engrave/mark on stone, metal etc . With as big a bed
> as we can get right?
>
> I did a bit of looking from your list from a couple weeks ago and came up
> with a $6k estimate. The nice thing is there is a wide variety of kit at a
> variety of prices so we can go lower if needed
>
> Boss Laser, Universal laser, Trotec, brands seem optimal.
>
> Morphon has a 130W for around $5k, but the manuals are in chinese
>
> Thanks
>
> RAN
>
>
> On 5/20/2019 8:17 PM, Emily Schleiner wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I'm not sure how much money we will be able to raise to buy a laser
> cutter, but I googled 'laser cutter under $3000' and found this machine,
> which looks alright to me:
> https://www.smartdiys.cc/products/fabool-laser-co2
>
> Any thoughts about preferred materials to cut with lasers? (Glass?
> Plastic? Metal? My preferred material is metal, but that might be a step
> up.)
>
> (An aside) I need to offer everyone an apology for referring to Steve
> Inness when I meant Steve Edburg in a previous email, especially Steve. I'm
> sure reading that was a moment of surprise and upset for everyone who knew
> Steve Innes too. I'm sorry about that.
>
> Sending my best,
>
> Emily
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 7:40 PM Emily Schleiner <cordial.emily at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Woo hoo!
>>
>> Our Laser Cutter Fundraiser is on Friday June 14 (during Art About).
>>
>> *Big question:*
>> What laser cutter do we want to buy? Here's one random article to get the
>> conversation started:
>> https://all3dp.com/1/best-home-desktop-laser-cutter-engraver-aio-machine/
>>
>> *Schedule:*
>> 6pm Pizza (Rob)
>>         Roland's jam band
>> 7pm Steve Innes's friends' band
>>         Raffle [ask local businesses - theater (Ryan), bookstore,
>> hardware (Emily),          Roland's fitbit ]
>> 8pm Rob's friend's jam
>>
>> *Questions:*
>> Can we have alcohol during the event? (Rob to find out)
>>
>> *Projects:*
>> Lighted sign (Rob and Emily),
>> Poster (Emily),
>> Make Thermometer Thing to Show Progress (Volunteer needed)
>>
>> *Publicize ASAP:*
>> Communicate with Downtown Davis Association (Roland)
>> Write to Davis Enterprise (Rob)
>>
>> Please write back with ideas for LASER CUTTER preferences ASAP!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Emily
>>
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